Showing posts with label Marne (51). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marne (51). Show all posts
6 October 2021

Jean Raphael (Georges Lafaix) in Dormans (51), Marne (51)

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Georges Lafaix (better known as Jean Raphael) (1916-2006) was born in Orléans and died in Dormans, where he is buried. He was brought up in ...

Jules Crochet in Mareuil-le-Port (51), Marne (51)

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Jules Crochet (1902-72*) was born in Dormans, died in Tinqueux near Reims, and was a pioneer of medical aviation. In the 1930s he carried ou...
4 October 2021

Phare in Verzenay (51), Marne (51)

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In order to advertise his brand of champagne, in 1909 Joseph Goulet built a lighthouse on a hill in Verzenay, right in the centre of champag...
4 August 2021

Château d’eau in Matougues (51), Marne (51)

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The château d’eau (water tower) in Matougues (Marne) is ordinary enough, or at least it was until it received a decoration. The painter, en...

Pierre Dac in Châlons-en-Champagne (51), Marne (51)

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Pierre Dac (1893-1975) was born here, 70 Rue de la Marne, and occupied rooms on the first floor (where the plaque is). In a leaflet on Châlo...

Étienne Œhmichen in Châlons-en-Champagne (51), Marne (51)

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'ICI EST NÉ ETIENNE ŒMICHEN CRÉATEUR DE L'HÉLICOPTÈRE LE 15 OCTOBRE 1884' Œhmichen invented an early version of the helicopter. ...

Épernay street names (4): Léon Bourgeois, Épernay (51), Marne (51)

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Léon Bourgeois, sénateur of Marne, was a radical and a sculptor who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1920. Rodin dedicated a sculpture to him.

Épernay street names (3): Marcel Paul, Épernay (51), Marne (51)

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Marcel Paul was one of the five communist members of the post-war government, and as Ministre de la production industrielle is most noted fo...

Épernay street names (2): Vincent Ballu, Épernay (51), Marne (51)

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'RUE Vincent BALLU (2.8.1920-9.7.1980) Fondateur de la Maison TECNOMA' Yes, Vincent Ballu established the agricultural machines busi...

Épernay street names (1): La Saule Verdelette, Épernay (51), Marne (51)

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On an 1831 map of Épernay there appears a small area to the south of a loop in the River Marne, named 'Le Saule Verdelette', which o...
30 August 2020

Champagne in Mardeuil, Marne (51), Épernay (51)

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At a roundabout at the entrance to Mardeuil, one of a number of Champagne-producing villages near Épernay, this attractive represent...
18 August 2020

Nicolas Appert in Châlons-en-Champagne, Marne (51)

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Nicolas Appert was born in Châlons-en-Champagne in 1749 and became a confectioner in Paris in 1784. From 1794 he became involved in the pro...
17 August 2020

Marie-Angélique le Blanc in Songy, Marne (51)

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Marie-Angélique Memmie le Blanc ( c . 1712-75) was born in what is now Wisconsin (USA), an American Indian famous for being an 'enfant ...
31 May 2019

Le Ballon captif, Épernay, Marne (41)

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' Le Ballon captif ', Épernay, Marne. For a tourist attraction, and an advert for the Champagne produced here, I suppose it'...
17 March 2019

Dom Pérignon in Épernay, Marne (51)

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Odd that I've been to Épernay a number of times, but somehow not noticed the statue of Dom Pérignon outside the Moët et Chandon buildi...

Boîte à lire in Épernay, Marne (51)

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We stumbled across this boîte à lire in the grounds of the park in the Hôtel de Ville in Épernay, and as we always carry a few read F...
11 March 2019

René Lalique in Aÿ, Marne (51)

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Outside the mairie  in the small town  of Aÿ,  near Épernay, Marne (51). The son of Auguste Jules Lalique and Olympe Berthellemy, ...
29 July 2018

Street signs and Dom Pérignon in Hautvilliers, Marne (51)

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Pierre Pérignon, or Dom Pérignon, was born in Sainte-Menehould in 1638 or 1639 and died in the Abbaye Saint-Pierre in Hautvillers in 1715. ...